Dan Donnelly

Daniel Thomas Donnelly is a singer-songwriter. Growing up in Belfast, Donnelly played in a number of local bands, finding success in Ireland with Watercress, a four piece acoustic folk-rock band for whom he played guitar, mandolin, percussion and "plumbing" (a home-made didgeridoo). They released six EPs between 1995 and 1998, when they released their one album, Bummer, all on their own local label, Creeping Herb. The Donnelly penned Candlemaker reached the No.1 position on the Irish Indie Chart. Watercress disbanded in early 2001 due to internal personal problems. After the demise of Watercress, Donnelly moved to New York to pursue a solo career. He has so far released two studio albums, Bootleg (2005), and Yearning a Living (2007),...